The story of the “Gwangju White Papers” and “Beyond Death,” the first underground handouts to discuss the Gwangju Uprising. By Hwang Sok-yong , Lee Jae-eui , Jeon Yong-ho , and Slin Jung ...

The former Chun Doo-hwan government is believed to have systematically fabricated records related to the 1980 pro-democracy movement in Gwangju in an apparent attempt to cover up the military ...

Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn -- flanked by presidential secretary Hyun Ki-hwan and other government officials -- looked uncomfortable as he stayed silent while other participants sang “March for ...

Key presidential candidates ramped up their election campaigns in the liberal stronghold of Gwangju on Saturday, a day ahead of an anniversary marking a 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the ...

The novel concludes with an epilogue titled, “The Writer, 2013.’’ We learn that Kang was 9 at the time of the Gwangju Uprising, and although her family had moved away from her hometown ...

GWANGJU, South Korea--New South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called for consolidation in a speech on May 18 to mark a pro-democracy uprising that was squashed by the South Korean military 42 ...

Na Kyung Taek’s photos bore witness — and helped bring international attention — to the military junta’s brutal suppression of a pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1980.

The last time South Korea imposed martial law, Gwangju endured a deadly crackdown. Han Kang, the Nobel Prize-winning author, told its story in “Human Acts.” By Victoria Kim Reporting from ...

Families of those who lost their lives in the May Uprising protest against Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Park Sung-choon during the commemoration ceremony in Gwangju on Wednesday.